When I started watching 24's first season, it was a great show. Great concept. Great plot. But then, more viewers started watching, and the plots, writing, acting, all started to slip. It's still a fun show, but for a show that's supposed to be based in reality, it falls short in too many ways. Jack Bauer, President Palmer, President Logan, Kim Bauer, Tony Almeda, Michelle Dessler, Chloe, Edgar, Curtis, and anyone else on this mind-numbing, over-acted, poorly-written drama, watch your ass.

I’ve marked my predictions for 24’s winners with asteriks above. Kiefer won't win back-to-back Emmys this time, even though he did bite someone to death (that's acting). Jean Smart, who many say got snubbed last year, will win with her 20 minute guest appearance. There's not much else to talk about here since all 24 will get acclaimed for is having good stunt work and sound editing. But hey, you gotta hang your hat on something, right?

We’ll see how it does. Below are 24’s past nominations and wins.

Season 1: 2002 Emmys

Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Nominated: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Winner: Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

Nominated: Outstanding Art Direction for a Single Camera Series

Nominated: Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series

Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series

Nominated: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series

Nominated: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

Season 2: 2003 Emmys

Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Nominated: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Nominated: Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series

Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series

Nominated: Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series

Winner: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

Nominated: Outstanding Stunt Coordination

Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series

Nominated: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

Season 3: 2004 Emmys

Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series

Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series

Nominated: Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series

Nominated: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

Winner: Outstanding Stunt Coordination

Nominated: Outstanding Drama Series

Winner: Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series

Season 4: 2005 Emmys

Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Nominated: Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series

Winner: Outstanding Single Camera Sound Mixing for a Series

Nominated (three times): Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Series

Winner: Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series

Nominated: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)

Execs at the Fox hit have scrapped virtually their entire story line for the season, delaying the start of production by roughly three weeks. According to sources, the 11th-hour time-out was called after the network put the kibosh on a costly plan to shoot a number of episodes in Africa.

Wow! Scrapped the entire story line? That's pretty crazy to do, especially since they were so close to principle photography for next season. It also sounds like they were just going to try to find a suitable area around LA to fake the Africa scenes... heh, okay.

Let's see, what else. Oh, this is what Mary Lynn Rajskub had to say about the situation:

"I don't know what's going on over there, but they're going crazy," says the scene-stealer, who learned only last week that Chloe would be returning. "We usually start [back up] at the end of July, and I don't think we're starting until a couple of weeks into August now. It's kind of exciting, because I think [the postponement] means that they're really having to dig in there and come up with new stuff."

So Mary Lynn only found out last week that she was returning? What would be the point of the whole baby story line from last year if she didn't return? And please, you think this is exciting to have an ENTIRE SEASON RE-WRITE right before you start filming? If that statement doesn't have your publicist's finger prints written all over it, I don't know what does.

As the article mentions, and what I see to be icing on the cake, is that this news oddly came out the SAME DAY as this news:

What have I been saying all along!?! This show took a MAJOR dive TWO seasons ago... and critics are just now catching up. I'm sorry, shows don't go from Emmy-winning to second worst on TV in 6 months. That's residual. It's ingrained. It's also hilarious that they decide to scrap it the same day they find out their show blows.

News about season 7's new turn can only come fast enough. I guess they have three weeks to come up with something. Maybe they're awaiting next week's Emmy-nominations to find out if their show truly sucked. Crystal ball time – they'll get a few nominations, for technical stuff. Zero in the acting, or genre, categories.